Intestinal gas and functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract;Gas intestinal y enfermedad funcional del tracto digestivo

Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-269

  Serra Pueyo, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; FLATULENCE; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS DIFFUSION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INGESTION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0038330743     PISSN: 02105705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13045202     Document Type: Review

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